emission

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪˈmɪʃən/(UK)
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/ɪˈmɪʃən/(UK) · /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/(UK) · /ˈɛmɪʃən/ · /ɪˈmɪʃən/

Definition of emission

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
    “the emission was mostly blood”
    “Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
    “the emission was mostly blood”
    “Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
    “the emission of light from the sun”
    “the emission of heat from a fire”
    “Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.”
  3. A show; a program.
    “All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects!”

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Etymology

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).

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